So much NSX hate on the FP

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 01/31/2016 at 18:59 • Filed to: None

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Classic Jalopnik.

And even Rick Hendrick is receiving hate as well.

Montalvo > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 19:09

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Well it is kind of deserved to be honest, everyone wants this car to be really good especially after waiting this long. Then after the car is revealed there has been a steady stream of negatives coming from it. Some the fault of the car, others stemming from people being knitpicky. However in regards to how Honda started dealing with Hondanonymous they went about it the completely wrong way especially when the tone is immediately hostile. If people are pissed at you they will find things to hate. The whole thing has a whiff of half-baked and too little too late. When it sits next to its competitors it is kinda hard to justify it. The original stood out because it was head and shoulders above the rest and that just isn’t the case anymore.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 19:10

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It’s a genuinely rubbish supercar offering, if you can even call it a supercar in light of what it’s competing with. It just doesn’t punch as high as the old one did, and it’s an enormous letdown because of it. With all the hype and teasers and concepts Honda was pumping out they were really setting themselves up for failure, and boy did they.

DasWauto > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 19:15

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So much hate on the internet, classic internet.

TheHondaBro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/31/2016 at 19:16

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Yeah, why buy X when Y is 0.05 seconds faster on some obscure European race track?

TheHondaBro > DasWauto 01/31/2016 at 19:17

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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 19:18

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I’m not just talking about lap times. I’m talking about substance, looks, power, noise, how much it shakes the foundations. The NSX is just a supercar. Nothing really special about it. It has generic and already dated looks.

TheHondaBro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/31/2016 at 19:21

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Well considering it brings 918 technology to normal supercar prices, I’d say it’s a pretty big deal. And you also have to consider the fact that it was redesigned from the ground up 18 months before the NAIAS 2015.

daender > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 19:24

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...Well you are named “HondaBro”.

Basically, it looks good but the staggering amount of time it took Honda to produce this car ruined its arrival. If this debuted around ‘08 or ‘09, then the whole world would be singing a different and more positive tune. 150k$ for a reliable 573 hp isn’t going to make the same splash today, like it did for the NA1 in the 90s, when the current Audi R8 V10 is making similar power with 200 less pounds...the R8 has proven to be the next NSX in offering reliable super car fun in a sensible package.

Now, if Honda enters the new NSX at LeMans and wins its class like the NA1 did...then I’ll take it back.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 19:24

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That red looks so much better than the blue that seems to be on most of the press cars.

Baeromez > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 19:26

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We live in an era when Camaros have magnetorheological suspension components. You’re never going to get anything as basic as the original NSX ever again. People need to get over it and embrace the future.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 19:37

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I’d buy one over a Ford GT. There, said it.

This does more for the supercar world than the $400k thing with a pig face on its ass and a worked over Flex motor imo. It’s bringing that incredible hybrid tech down to non-limited run hypercar levels.

TheHondaBro > daender 01/31/2016 at 19:38

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The concept debuted in 2012 and was redesigned 18 months before the production version was unveiled.

And when I chose my screenname, I was a Toyota fanboy.

JR1 > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 19:44

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I still do not understand the hatred for this car. It's a fast hybrid and it is cheap. If you ask me this is the car the i8 should have been. With only 300 odd horsepower for about 120k the NSX with 570hp at 150k is a far more attractive option

ClassicDatsunDebate > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 19:51

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I love how people consider the first gen NSX somehow superior to the new one. That’s like saying an ‘86 IROC-Z is superior to an Alpha platform Camaro. It's laughable....I'm figuratively laughing.

Matt Nichelson > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 20:04

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Aaaaanndd you brought fp people over here, it seems. Nice. Going. ;)

RX > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 20:12

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I hate it here too. over priced, overly complicated, nobody cares after a decade of manufactured hype. cut the fancy tech. Give us a proper driver focused sports car for half the price then I'll show it some love. But until then give me a clean original version.

RX > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 20:17

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Acura put out the original concept car in 2007. 9 years ago.

TheHondaBro > RX 01/31/2016 at 20:44

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No, you’re thinking about the HSV-010 road car which they promised but gave up on due to financial concerns.

The NSX concept was revealed at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show.

It only took three years.

http://m.caranddriver.com/features/acura…

Anima > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 21:44

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It’s because it’s the Watchdogs of cars. Hype it for years and show very promising images and in the end it’s just a very good car. Not a great car.

It’s the danger of hyping things up for years and building expectations.

Without the hype it would’ve been much better received.

Chasaboo > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 22:03

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This vehicle asks the question, what is a Japanese supercar?

RX > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 22:14

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That car was floating around since 2007 in various concepts. Iron Man had once before the one you mention. The 2012 was the last concept. Not the first.

TheHondaBro > RX 01/31/2016 at 22:22

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Acura ASCC concept circa 2007.

No one called it an NSX, because Acura didn’t call it an NSX. Remember, the ASCC was poised to have a V10 engine and RWD. Later it was rumored to have a V8 engine a la the HSV-010 GT race car. The concept was scrapped due to a financial crisis.

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Acura NSX concept circa 2012. THIS is the NSX concept you think was revealed in 2007, which was revealed at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show.

http://www.motortrend.com/news/2012-detr…

And as for Tony Stark’s NSX:

http://ironman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Aveng…

It appeared in the 2012 film The Avengers.

Of course, it seems hard evidence isn’t enough for you, so I don’t know what to do anymore.

RX > TheHondaBro 01/31/2016 at 22:36

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Acura said it was the design for the new nsx in the press release in 2007. And jalopnik called it the nsx multiple time in their article on it.

http://jalopnik.com/227098/detroit…

You can argue specific names all you want but the fact is people here have heard about the new nsx for half their lives and are completely over it. It was the worst lead up to a vehicle launch ever.

TheHondaBro > RX 01/31/2016 at 22:42

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Acura is more credible than Jalopnik, and what you’re saying is that Acura said it was the design for the new NSX? What I heard from you is that Acura called it a design concept. Design concepts have no weight whatsoever. Their purpose is to showcase a car company’s future styling directions. I wouldn’t call the ASCC an NSX in the same way I wouldn’t call the FT1 a Supra, because it isn’t. The ASCC is a DESIGN CONCEPT.

NJAnon > TheHondaBro 02/01/2016 at 23:58

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At this point, to me it feels like Honda didn’t want to do it. It feels like they had some other car in mind they wanted to design and manufacture.

Even when I got the word that the Lexus LF-A was limited and production ended, I was like “well at least those folks look like they wanted to make that car to show us what they were capable of.”

I guess there is still the good news for Honda/Acura fans of the civic type r finally coming to the US though (although would Honda have considered it if Ford wasn’t bringing the RS over?)

Sketch > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/02/2016 at 03:10

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Comments like these make me feel like its 1990 all over again.

Sketch > Baeromez 02/02/2016 at 03:17

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I think the really funny part is the original NSX was one of the highest tech cars on the road in 1990. Only in retrospect is it a relatively simple vehicle.